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Post by Hoya TMF on Jul 23, 2008 9:07:00 GMT -5
I like that "on the way into the city" obviously means NYC. That takes a little bit of getting used to for those of us from flyover country. there are definitely other cities besides new york, but there is no other "the city." people often misuse this term in speaking about other places, but they are just wrong. don't let them mislead you. |
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Post by lichoya68 on Jul 23, 2008 9:11:44 GMT -5
fordham station the city comeon folks even lichoya knows that one i think ;D
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Post by PDRHoya99 on Jul 23, 2008 12:16:50 GMT -5
there are definitely other cities besides new york, but there is no other "the city." people often misuse this term in speaking about other places, but they are just wrong. don't let them mislead you. So the Golden State throwbacks have lied to me?  |
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Post by lichoya68 on Jul 23, 2008 18:51:45 GMT -5
train into the city ... forham station.. gimme a break ITS NYC FOLKS ... NYC ...HOME OF THE GARDEN... AND THE BIG EAST TOURNEY... ITS THE BIG APPLE... go hoyas go nyc..is it march yet huhuh
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jul 23, 2008 20:13:53 GMT -5
I like that "on the way into the city" obviously means NYC. That takes a little bit of getting used to for those of us from flyover country. Chicago is flyover country now? Get used to hearing people refer to "The City" once you graduate and 60% of your GU class moves to NYC. As in: "Do you live in Williamsburg?" "Does this pink polo shirt say Brooklyn? No, I live in The City. Screw those emo bastards." |
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 23, 2008 20:46:40 GMT -5
i dont get it strummer? Please refrain from having a sense of humor. Thanks in advance -Lawyer (this message has been sponsored by the Brasky Coalition) It's from Southpark. The two handicapped kids--Timmy and Jimmy--get into a long, drawn out fist fight in a parking lot. At the beginning, Cartman screams "Cripple fight!" I was not at all calling you or Braskiii handicapped, but just the escalation of your back and forth reminded me of the beginning of the cripple fight. |
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Post by hoyalawyer on Jul 23, 2008 20:52:08 GMT -5
strummer, I was joking man. I caught your reference, I was merely mocking OL' Bil-bo-Brasky....
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jul 24, 2008 4:02:54 GMT -5
As much as I love NYC, pretending that San Francisco doesn't use the same terminology is stupid.
And for all you New York folks, if you haven't been to SF, be quiet. World Class skiing, 3 hours. Sonoma and Napa, 1 Hour. Ocean, right there. World class dining and arts, right there.
70 and Sunny? Check.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jul 24, 2008 5:41:52 GMT -5
Get used to hearing people refer to "The City" once you graduate and 60% of your GU class moves to NYC. If current trends hold, it won't be close to 60 percent. About a third go to NYC, a third stay in DC, and a third goes to the rest of the country and/or overseas. And 70 and sunny in SF? Well, it's 79 right now in Dallas (check the timestamp...) |
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Post by Hoya TMF on Jul 24, 2008 8:33:27 GMT -5
As much as I love NYC, pretending that San Francisco doesn't use the same terminology is stupid. And for all you New York folks, if you haven't been to SF, be quiet. World Class skiing, 3 hours. Sonoma and Napa, 1 Hour. Ocean, right there. World class dining and arts, right there. 70 and Sunny? Check. lots of people use the terminology. but when you're outside of your city and someone tells you they're from "the city" or going to "the city" they either mean New York City or they're just using the term wrong. Case in point courtesy of Wikipedia... A dialect survey done by Bert Vaux, an associate professor of linguistics at Harvard University, indicates that this phenomenon is widespread—nearly all 9965 American participants in the study associated "the City" with a particular city, but the specific city they had in mind varied widely. Specifically, the study found that 46.99 percent identified New York City as "the City," while 4.57 percent identified Chicago, 2.6 percent identified Boston, 2.25 percent identified Washington, D.C., and 1.88 percent identified Los Angeles. The remaining respondents (41.72 percent) identified another city as "the City." |
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Post by Hoya TMF on Jul 24, 2008 8:34:25 GMT -5
or london, but we're not in europe
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jul 24, 2008 8:35:01 GMT -5
[throws grenade and runs] NYC sucks. There I said it. It's dirty and loud and crowded. It's completely overrated. [/throws grenade and runs]
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Post by EasyEd on Jul 24, 2008 8:54:23 GMT -5
"70 and Sunny? Check."
Wasn't it W.C. Fields that said something to the effect of "the coldest I've ever been was in San Francisco in July"?
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Post by Whoya on Jul 24, 2008 9:10:18 GMT -5
As much as I love NYC, pretending that San Francisco doesn't use the same terminology is stupid. And for all you New York folks, if you haven't been to SF, be quiet. World Class skiing, 3 hours. Sonoma and Napa, 1 Hour. Ocean, right there. World class dining and arts, right there. 70 and Sunny? Check. No one disputes that other people use the term to refer to other cities. The point is, they are wrong when doing so. And I have been to SF, nice place and all, but you're only getting to 70 degrees in late July? And, by the by, you've tried to define how great SF is by referring to items that are 1-3 hours away from SF. Proximity to good things does not a good location make. Not saying SF is not a cool city with good aspects, just saying that, by that definition, Shelton, CT is even better b/c its within three hours of NYC, Philly and Boston, as well as the beaches of RI, Cape Cod, etc. I don't think anyone here claims Shelton deserves credit as one of the great locations in the country. |
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jul 24, 2008 9:10:52 GMT -5
NYCers need to get over themselves. Your city may be the biggest but it's hardly the best.
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Post by vcjack on Jul 24, 2008 9:16:23 GMT -5
Bah, come to Chicago
We have Batman
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Post by Whoya on Jul 24, 2008 9:24:18 GMT -5
Bah, come to Chicago We have Batman "I think that's how Chicago got started. Bunch of People in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.''' I don't really care what city people think is "the best" b/c obviously that's subjective and no one is going to be convinced either way. And HSB, when was the last time you were in NYC? Sounds like you are referring to it from back in the pre- Mussolini Guiliani days, at least insofar as "dirty". Loud and crowded, yes, but isn't that an indication that more people want to be there? In the interests of full disclosure, I'm not even from The City, nor have I ever lived there. I'm from what can best be described as a glorified suburb of The City. |
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Post by Filo on Jul 24, 2008 9:42:52 GMT -5
NYCers need to get over themselves. Your city may be the biggest but it's hardly the best. Says the youngster who has never lived in "the City." I get a kick out of these 'my city is better than yours threads.' I spent some time in SF and a bit less time in Chicago. Two great cities, and in many ways much more liveable than NYC. But I think I have said it before around here, I think everyone should spend at least a couple of years in NYC - right out of college if you are gainfully employed is the best time. There is nothing like it. In fact, London is probably the closest to NYC in my mind (more so than any other US city). And, yes, I am one of those (former) NYCers who, I guess, needs to get over myself.  |
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jul 24, 2008 9:45:56 GMT -5
past 3 years for the BET. So obviously it's slightly more crowded then for that reason. But it is still very dirty more so than DC. And it is an indication that more people want to be there. But the majority of people are stupid so that's not a good thing.
NYers think the world revolves around NY. If it weren't for the BET i'd probably never go to that gaudy hell hole.
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Post by Filo on Jul 24, 2008 9:49:18 GMT -5
Yeah, the area around the Garden is pretty dirty and crowded. You realize there are some other parts of 'the city,' though, right?
So you're telling me that the world does not revolve around NY? Hmm. I'll have to think about that...
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